Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-05-07
GENERAL NEWS

At meeting held in Kalamazoo to rails
funds for building for the Young Mem
Christian ASSOCIATION, Senator StOckbridg
and another citizen subscribed $lOCo eacl
which may cost him his sight. While tryini
to force shell in breach loading ehot gun
che cartridge exploded, filing his eyes anf
face with powder.
The police of Chicago are cooperating
with the Citizens league in preparing |
blacklist of dives. The mayor has instrust
ed the city collector to report those saloons
which have heretofore been refused licenses
The war is to commence in the rotten dis
txict of the South division, and be carried
centering at Halsted and Madison streets.
On complaint being made to the mayo,
of Chicago by an alderman, the commits.
sioner of public works ordered the Illinois
Central road to desist from driving piles Oh
filing in any pori on of the lake front east
of its right of way. The council last evening
confirmed this action by ordering the ar.
rest of men found violating the order.
In the lower house of the Pruseian diet the
ecclesiastical bill passed to second readipg,
with clause providing for the admission
of certain religious orders.
d. H. Moffatt, the Denver millionaire,
gave library building worth $25 600 to his
native town of Washingtonville New York.
A dispatch from San Francisco narrating
the operation of the Nevada bank clique in
the Chicago wheat market states that the
result has been paralyzing to the grain and
large mills are closed or are running but half
time.
Over two hundred men are employed in
fa yoi,1aa ak Gh1dan Gifv Apkausaa Tho
ore yields from fifteen to eighteen ounces of
gold and eight ounces of silver to the ton.
The casket containing the remains of
Alexander Mitchell, after being pie ced in an
oaken box, was lowered into q stone
sarcophagus, and cemented. A heavy stone
was placed on the top, and fastened with
cement
The impression gains ground at Milwaukee
that Roswell Miller will be elected president
of the st. Paul road, as the place has been
defined by Franks. Bond.
Charles Atkinson, the founder of Moline
Illinois, and proprietor of the fret stage
diedat the age of 70. l. ssssssxass assss
The directors of the Grant Monument
association of st. Louis have contracted
with Robert P. Bringhurst for q nine foot
bronze statue, to be delivered next year.
AZ OoiuWdCors MlcIllSdu, 1HOnds Johnson
fatally shot George Gardiner, fred Twice at
Mrs. Gardiner, and killed himself. The
woman was formerly his wife.O ssss e
The decrease in the public debt for April
is estimated at $12, 100000 to $15, 0OO, 900.
The family of the late Henry j. Peters, an
old settler of Milwaukee, recently found be-
meath the cellar floor of their residencea
chest containing nearly $50 900 in gold coin.
The discovery was reporter to Judge Mann,
of the probate court. On his Death bed Mr..
Peters told his wife that she would find en-
ough for herself and children.
A secret conference of cattlemen at Denver
has given rise to rumor that q pool of the
entire stock interest of the plains is being
arranged.
Milo 81 Dakin, member of the Michigan
house, having been convicted of soliciting
brides was expelled by a unanimous vote.
William Harrison, 81 years of age, car
relative of the ex-president, died on farm
near Kalamazoo.
The New York assembly passed. the rail-
road commission bill for the heating of
passenger coaches by seam.
Thomas A. Edison ard party of eight
friends recently had q narrow escape from
drowning at Barlow, Florida.
The will of the late Alexander Mitchell
contains items of $4,000 for educational
and charitable institutions in Wisconsin.
The Illinois house passed bill to prohibit
baseball playing on Sunday. David Z.
Littler resigned his seat to accept q place on
the Pacific railway investigating commits
sion.
The Michigan Central road has made ar
rangements with the Canadian Pacific by
which trains of the latter will run to the
western states.
There is good authority for the statement
that the Rock Island road has decided to
extend to Denver in an air line from Horton,
Kansas, passing through the county seat of
each county in the northern tier of Kansas. |
The new corporation counsel of Chicago
has decided to take to the supreme court |
certain grave questions connected with the |
annexation of a square mile of jefferson |
township to the city.
The German authorities have ordered all |
dentists to abstain from using the word |
American on their signs and cards.
The italian government denies that a bat
tie has been fought near Massowah. Egg, pit,
or that reinforcemements have been sent
there.
The vatican has demanded the withdrawal
"a oSAOAoA OOoo ASCI q A01lAtoIt low Ic1uc-
ing exemption from service to the the oloei-
cal students.
a Prospective Lynching.
Lou1svuLl, KY., April 28-Turner and
Patterson, the negro assailants Of Jessie
were brought back from Frank
fort yesterday and incarcerated in the jail
here. Tonight there 10 large crowd on the
square where the Jail is located and il 10 as
serted on all sides the men will be taken out
and lynched before morning, The
police have found u necessary to
arrest about LEO people. mostly boys. A
large number of these latter were paradine
about town with small coils of rope hanging
over their shoulders. The condition of Miss
the unfortunate victim, 10 much
worse tonight and there il hardly q hope
for her recovery. This morning her
arose slarmingly and she be-